HELP SAVE THIS HOME!!!

Lloyd Wright's Moore House Threatened with Demolition
Please comment by Friday, December 10

Designed by noted architect Lloyd Wright -- the son of Frank Lloyd Wright -- and completed in 1959, the highly intact Moore House in Palos Verdes Estates is threatened with demolition.

The owners plan to construct a new house on this prime site overlooking the ocean. Since the house has absolutely no local protection, public outcry is essential in preventing its destruction.

Despite such an outcry in June from concerned citizens like you, the City of Palos Verdes Estates does not seem to be taking this issue seriously.

The draft environmental impact report (EIR) for the demolition and new residential project considers the Moore House eligible for listing as a historic resource. Yet it concludes that the house can’t be feasibly renovated to meet the owners’ needs for updated living space.

The EIR doesn’t evaluate a single reuse alternative that would maintain the Moore House’s eligibility for listing as a historic resource, despite an outpouring this summer of nearly 300 requests to do so—and the fact that evaluating preservation alternatives is required by law under the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA).

Please copy mvavala@laconservancy.org on e-mails so we can monitor the response.

Submit comments to:
Ms. Stacey Kinsella, Associate Planner
Department of City Planning
340 Palos Verdes Drive West
Palos Verdes Estates, CA 90274
E-mail: skinsella@pvestates.org
Fax: (310) 378-7820
Phone: (310) 378-0383